Erotic thriller
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The erotic thriller is a film and literary sub-genre which consists of a mixture between erotica and thriller.[1] The genre increased in North American popularity from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s, before declining in marketability.[2]
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[edit] Notable erotic thrillers
[edit] 1980s
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Body Heat (1981)
- Cat People (1982)
- Body Double (1984)
- Tightrope (1984)
- Fatal Attraction (1987)
- Sea of Love (1989)
[edit] 1990s
- Basic Instinct (1992)
- Blown Away (1992)
- Poison Ivy (1992)
- Single White Female (1992)
- Body of Evidence (1993)
- Boxing Helena (1993)
- The Crush (1993)
- Sliver (1993)
- Color of Night (1994)
- The Last Seduction (1994)
- Jade (1995)
- Bound (1996)
- Crash (1996)
- Wild Things (1998)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
(Although partly marketed as such, this film's status as an "erotic thriller" has been challenged. See Eyes Wide Shut Genre and Marketing.)
[edit] 2000s
- Unfaithful (2002)
- In the Cut (2003)
- Killing Me Softly (March 2003)
- Swimming Pool (2003)
- Lust, Caution (2007)
- Chloe (2009, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010)
[edit] 2010s
- Secret Love (2010)
- The Housemaid (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Lundin, Leigh (2010-07-25). "Erotic Mystery Thrillers". sex-n-violence. Criminal Brief. http://www.criminalbrief.com/?p=13152.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (2006-04-03). "Erotic thrillers lose steam on big screen". Erotic genre weak. Hollywood: Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002276018.
[edit] See also
- List of thriller films, look for sub-genre erotica within each sub-list by decade
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